The Usborne Science Encyclopedia by Kirsteen Rogers

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The Usborne Science Encyclopedia by Kirsteen Rogers

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The Usborne Science Encyclopedia by Kirsteen Rogers

Based on the authors' experiences in academe over seventy-five years, The Higher Education Scene in America: Some Observations discusses a number of issues that confront America's higher education scene today. Those issue embrace such problems as: (1) the missions(s) of our colleges and universities and the development of critical thinking and/or employability; (2) the role of for-profit academic institutions; (3) the impact of online technology; (4) diffusion of power and achievement of consensus between administrators and faculty; (5) the importance of financial matters, embracing budgets, fundraising, and endowments; (6) the insidious problem of conflicts of interest; (7) the scandalous impact of big-time, big-money Division 1 sports on academe; (8) the growth of non-academic functions; and (9) the importance of leadership in consensual institutions and how leaders are chosen.

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ISBN 13 9780794525279
ISBN 10 079452527X
Title The Usborne Science Encyclopedia
Author Kirsteen Rogers
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Usborne Books
Year published 2009-06-01
Number of pages 448
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